DCNATION Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 DRAKE HIP-HOPS TO THE TOP Take Care is His Second Chart-Topper in a Row, Andrea Bocelli, Glee Christmas Bow Top 10 November 22, 2011 He’s still the rapper with the most cake. YM/CM/Universal Republic hip-hop star Drake’s Take Care takes care of business on this week’s HITS Top 50 sales chart, nailing the #1 position with nearly 660k in sales, the third highest total of the year behind the Amazon-fueled Lady Gaga and Lil Wayne. That tops the first-week total of his previous album, Thank Me Later, which debuted in June, 2010, with 463k. It’s also the second week in a row at #1 for a Jewish rapper, following last week’s Mac Miller chart-topper. Decca’s Andrea Bocelli (#4) and Columbia’s Glee Christmas Vol. 2 (#6) are the other Top 10 newcomers, with Glassnote comic-turned-rapper Childish Gambino’s Camp just missing at #11. Reprise’s Michael Buble Christmas album appears to be the seasonal winner, remaining at #2, up 38%, with another 170k in sales, and a shot to repeat on next week’s post-Black Friday tally. The year’s top album, XL/Columbia British songbird Adele’s 21, remains steady at #3, adding another 115k to its total, now over 4.5 million, with multiple Grammy nominations to come. Island/IDJ teen throb Justin Bieber’s Under the Mistletoe rounds out the Top 5 with another 84k in sales, followed by Capitol’s Now 40 (#7), Chop Shop/Atlantic’s Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn (#8), Capitol/EMI’s Coldplay (#9) and Syco/Columbia’s Susan Boyle (#10), giving the label’s Team Stringer/Barnett three in the Top 10. Other chart newcomers include KTCZ’s Cities 97 Sampler, Vol. 23 (#14), Capitol/EMI’s Frank Sinatra Best of the Best compilation (#19), Trill’s Webbie (#22), American Gramaphone’s Mannheim Streamroller (#43), Fueled by Ramen’s Gym Class Heroes (#45), WB’s R.E.M. retrospective (#46) and MCA Nashville’s David Nail. Among the re-entries are Decca tenor Andrea Bocelli’s My Christmas (#37), Reprise’s Josh Groban Noel album (#38) and Capitol/EMI’s Now Christmas 4 (#42). After Buble, Adele’s 19 leads the field of double-digit gainers (#37-34, +35%), followed by Susan Boyle’s The Gift (#33, +29%), Columbia’s Tony Bennett (#25, +22%), Interscope’s LMFAO (#36, +14%), Roc Nation/Columbia’s J. Cole (#35, +13%) and Merge’s She & Him (#40, +12%). Hitting stores on Mega Monday this week are Roadrunner’s Nickelback, Def Jam/IDJ’s Rihanna, 19/RCA’s Daughtry, Geffen’s Mary J. Blige, Nickelodeon/Columbia’s Big Time Rush, Big Machine’s Taylor Swift, Epic’s Michael Jackson, Capitol’s Bob Seger, Get-O-Vision/Shady/Interscope’s Yelawolf, Universal Republic’s The Voice winner Javier Colon, Cash Money/Universal Republic’s Birdman and Wind-up Idol contestant James Durbin. When Black Friday comes, you better have your credit card at the ready. LW TW artist / album label power index % change -- 1 DRAKE YM/CM/UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 659,190 -- TAKE CARE 2 2 MICHAEL BUBLE REPRISE 170,071 +38% CHRISTMAS 5 3 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 114,795 +9% 21 -- 4 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 87,540 -- CONCERTO: LIVE IN CENTRAL PARK 6 5 JUSTIN BIEBER ISLAND/IDJMG 84,372 -10% UNDER THE MISTLETOE -- 6 GLEE CAST COLUMBIA 72,885 -- GLEE CHRISTMAS, VOL. 2 3 7 NOW THAT'S WHAT I CALL MUSIC 40 CAPITOL/EMI 68,033 -43% VARIOUS ARTISTS 4 8 TWILIGHT SAGA: BREAKING DAWN CHOP SHOP/ATLANTIC 67,762 -38% SOUNDTRACK 7 9 COLDPLAY CAPITOL/EMI 53,994 -25% MYLO XYLOTO 9 10 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 52,099 -20% SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME -- 11 CHILDISH GAMBINO GLASSNOTE 51,070 -- CAMP 12 12 FLORENCE + THE MACHINE UNIVERSAL REPUBLIC 34,650 -17% CEREMONIALS 16 13 JACKIE EVANCHO COLUMBIA 33,220 -9% HEAVENLY CHRISTMAS -- 14 CITIES 97 SAMPLER, VOL. 23 KTCZ 33,100 -- VARIOUS 14 15 SCOTTY MCCREERY MERC NASH/19/INTERSCOPE 31,886 -23% CLEAR AS DAY 17 16 LADY ANTEBELLUM CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 31,465 -8% OWN THE NIGHT 10 17 IL DIVO SYCO/COLUMBIA 30,903 -48% WICKED GAME 15 18 WALE WARNER BROS. 29,847 -21% AMBITION -- 19 FRANK SINATRA CAPITOL/EMI 28,175 -- BEST OF THE BEST 18 20 KELLY CLARKSON 19/RCA 26,840 -13% STRONGER 11 21 MIRANDA LAMBERT RCA NASHVILLE 26,750 -48% FOUR THE RECORD -- 22 WEBBIE TRILL 26,220 -- SAVAGE LIFE 3 22 23 LIL WAYNE CASH MONEY/UNIV REPUBLIC 25,424 +3% THA CARTER IV 1 24 MAC MILLER ROSTRUM 24,786 -83% BLUE SLIDE PARK 8 25 ROMEO SANTOS SONY MUSIC LATIN 24,180 -64% FORMULA, VOL. 1 26 26 TONY BENNETT COLUMBIA 23,625 +22% DUETS II 24 27 LUKE BRYAN CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 21,410 -3% TAILGATES & TANLINES 27 28 JAY Z & KANYE WEST ROC-A-FELLA/ROC NATION 19,743 +8% WATCH THE THRONE 23 29 TOBY KEITH SHOW DOG 19,737 -16% CLANCY'S TAVERN 19 30 TYRESE VOLTRON 19,445 -36% OPEN INVITATION 20 31 JASON ALDEAN BROKEN BOW 19,279 -30% MY KINDA PARTY 28 32 FOSTER THE PEOPLE STARTIME/COLUMBIA 19,239 +7% TORCHES 32 33 SUSAN BOYLE SYCO/COLUMBIA 19,194 +29% THE GIFT 37 34 ADELE XL/COLUMBIA 19,049 +35% 19 30 35 J COLE ROC NATION/COLUMBIA 18,788 +13% COLE WORLD: THE SIDELINE STORY 31 36 LMFAO INTERSCOPE 17,042 +14% SORRY FOR PARTY ROCKING -- 37 ANDREA BOCELLI DECCA 16,316 -- MY CHRISTMAS -- 38 JOSH GROBAN REPRISE 16,208 -- NOEL 25 39 THE BAND PERRY REPUBLIC NASHVILLE 15,667 -22% THE BAND PERRY 40 40 SHE & HIM MERGE 15,657 +12% VERY SHE & HIM CHRISTMAS 29 41 CASTING CROWNS PROVIDENT 15,518 -7% COME TO THE WELL -- 42 NOW CHRISTMAS 4 CAPITOL/EMI 14,971 -- VARIOUS ARTISTS -- 43 MANNHEIM STEAMROLLER AMERICAN GRAMAPHONE 14,701 -- CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY 36 44 BEYONCE COLUMBIA 14,050 -1% 4 -- 45 GYM CLASS HEROES FUELED BY RAMEN 14,015 -- PAPERCUT CHRONICLES II -- 46 R.E.M. WARNER BROS. 13,445 -- PART LIES, PART TRUTH, PART GARB -- 47 DAVID NAIL MCA NASHVILLE 12,390 -- SOUND OF A MILLION DREAMS 13 48 DISTURBED REPRISE 12,083 -71% LOST CHILDREN 34 49 ERIC CHURCH CAPITOL NASHVILLE/EMI 12,055 -16% CHIEF 48 50 TAYLOR SWIFT BIG MACHINE 11,842 +1% SPEAK NOW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escapade Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 That's great for him considering he had no huge singles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSimba Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Well deserved! (No $1 discounts either ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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